In its inaugural month, the Granby Club hosted 74 guests representing six different Kiwanis Clubs from two different districts.

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1 CLUB KIWANIS DE GRANBY KIWANIS CLUB OF GRANBY A brief history In 1938 the Montreal Kiwanis Club scouted possibilities to sponsor a club in Granby, a growing industrial and tourist hub of the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. Several community leaders, with Pierre-Horace Boivin (future long-time mayor and builder of Granby; visionary who founded the Granby Zoo) prominent among them, established the Kiwanis Club of Granby which was chartered January 11 th, Charter night was held at the Windsor Hotel on February 21 st, with 65 charter members present. Governor Reg Harris of Halifax presented the charter to the Club s first president, T. Y. O Neill. Three other Lieutenant-Governors and Past President of the Montreal Club Walter Zeller (of the famous Zeller s family) were also in attendance. P.P. Zeller presented the club with its bell, which still carries an inscription with his name today. In its inaugural month, the Granby Club hosted 74 guests representing six different Kiwanis Clubs from two different districts. Notable projects in the first years were: A 30 year old woman crippled since infancy was fitted with an apparatus enabling her to walk for the first time in her life A young boy was supplied with eyeglasses, permitting him to follow his school studies The Municipal Council of Granby was petitioned to start city garbage collection Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Canadian Kiwanis Clubs, including Granby, were committed to the war effort A mass meeting of citizens was called to form a local branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society Air Cadet Corps No. 312 was sponsored at an annual cost of $1200 Granby Kiwanis took an active part in Victory Bond campaigns Gifts and CARE packages were sent to men and women in the services All the action was not on the war front at that time. Service clubs proved their worth in situations of peace as well as war: The Mile of Pennies (which later became the Mile of Silver) was organized as a fundraiser In 1941 the Club held its first Formal Ball, which became for many years the main social event in Granby Parties were organized for the children of servicemen and women Second-hand clothing was collected and distributed to the needy Milk was provided for all undernourished children in all city schools By resolution, Granby Kiwanis approached the Municipal Council of Granby to pass a bylaw for compulsory pasteurization of all milk for city use

2 War years in any country place greater demands on community leaders. Charter President T. Y. O Neill remained in office for two years (1939, 1940), as did the next two presidents, J. Wright Halpin (1941, 1942) and Georges H. Dureault (1943, 1944) In Georges Dureault s last year as President, the Granby Kiwanis Club sponsored the Kiwanis Club of Waterloo, Quebec. Charter Night was held on November 14 th, with Pete Gunter as Charter President. In the new St-Joseph Hospital in Granby, a 15 bed ward for underprivileged children was endowed at a cost of $1000. The Christmas Seals campaign and the Mile of Pennies each brought in about $1200 that year a not inconsiderable sum in those days saw the end of the war, a time of mixed emotions relief fears but plenty of hope! Does war ever really end? Walter Legge, owner and publisher of the Granby Leader-Mail, was president of the Club in 1945 On October 4 th of that year, he editorialized: Times have changed. True news of the occupation of defeated countries still predominates, but since VE Day a steadily increasing number of stories appear that are not that important; they don t concern war, but still interest every newspaper reader in a way that war never could. In the long days of peace we hope that newspapers will have much of that unimportant news to publish: the first robin a record size pumpkin many golden weddings Centenarian interviews let them come, we love them! In those days, Kiwanis activities were extensively reported in all issues of the Leader-Mail! Begun during the War years, the Agriculture committee greatly expanded its activities in peacetime to include supplying interesting speakers for programs, launching tree a planting campaign for farmers outside the city, and holding garden contests for which the Club supplied seeds and prizes 1946 Under the presidency of William G. Simpson, the Granby Kiwanis Club brought Les Canadiens Hockey Team to Granby to play an exhibition game 1947 With Jules Crevier as president, the Club once again brought Les Canadiens Hockey Team to Granby to play an exhibition game 1947 was also a notable year in that Georges Dureault, Past President of the Club, was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Kiwanis International s Division 8 (Ontario-Quebec- Maritimes) Over $10,000 was raised for charitable causes a very large sum for any year! 1948 Fred Wallace, President for 1948 and an enthusiastic Inter-Clubber, sponsored a new Kiwanis Club in Sherbrooke. Charter Night was June 23 rd, and Fred and 22 other Granby Kiwanians went to Sherbrooke sand presented to Charter President Norman Hunter and his fellow 29 members their new Charter. The guest speaker was T. Y. O Neill, introduced by Jules Crevier and thanked by another Granby Charter Member, Bill Solomon.

3 Besides carrying on established projects such as free milk and cod liver oil to undernourished children, vitamin capsules were made available for the first time. Another first in 1948 was the Peanut Campaign, a long-running Club fundraiser With all these activities, Fred and the Granby Kiwanis Club were awarded an Honourable Mention for Club Achievement by Kiwanis International a fitting way to end their first decade of service to the community 1949 P. G. Lack was president 1950 John Low-Beer was president 1951 Sydney Simms was president 1952 Clayton Ball was president 1953 Leslie Roach was president 1954 Gérard Legendre was president 1955 Loran Ball was president 1956 Daniel Girard was president 1957 Rowland King was president 1958 Harvey Lawrence was president 1959 Frank Herring was president 1960 Thomas Tait was president 1961 William Young was president 1962 J. Louis Serre was president from January through February William (Bill) Turnbull was president for the balance of the year

4 William (Bill) Turnbull was president for the next full year Joseph MacAulay was president Jack Fanning was president W. Desnoyers was president Frank D Avignon was president René Bouthillier was president Hervé Benoit was president Gabriel Phaneuf was president Roy Anderson was president Roy Anderson was president for a second consecutive year B. Arsenault was president André Bourassa was president The Club celebrated its 35 th anniversary, with several Charter Members present: William Simpson, Archdeacon I. Malcolm Lidstone, former mayor of Granby Pierre-Horace Boivin, Past Lt Gov. Georges Dureault, Dr. Paul Laplante, O. R. (Toby) Jackman and Fred Wallace Keneth Ossington was president Al Kane was president Warren Tapply was president John Douesnard was president

5 John Douesnard was president for a second consecutive year Karl Delorme was president Harvey Lawrence was president for the second time René Houle was president Cyril Joseph was president Brome Fair/Dunkin Donuts Fund Raiser begins. The Club rented space at the Brome County Fair, where it set up a temporary building (a shack?) in which it sold Donuts and Coffee supplied by the Drolets from their Dunkin s Donuts in Granby. This activity provided the majority of Club funds Peter Dunn was president Art Bureau was president William (Bill) Turnbull was president for the third time Jean Chabot was president Richard Carleton was president Richard Carleton was President for a second consecutive year, and the club celebrated their 50 th anniversary with a Gala Evening at the Hôtel Le Castel on May 6 th Officers and Directors included: Jean Chabot, Udo Scherff, Réal Babineau, William Munroe, Karl Delorme, Louis Bélanger, Peter Dunn, Art Bureau, René Houle, Jean-Claude Drolet, Harvey Lawrence (life member) and Willis McCutcheon Activities included: Holiday Soup at Dunkin Donuts; Beepers for the elderly infirm; Cheer for shut-ins & handicapped; Medication for a juvenile diabetic; and Good nutrition at the Brome Fair The Club s primary fund raiser was now the Brome Fair Dunkin Donuts sale, raising several thousand dollars every year

6 Jean Chabot was president for the second time The Club invested nearly $6000 in buying a robot police car, named Kiwan, for use in prevention programs for youth. The car is loaned to the Granby Police Department, who are still using it today John Douesnard was president for the second time Philippe Vial was president William (Bill) Turnbull was president for the fourth time, a record for the club, 31 years after his first presidency in Yolande Chabot was president, making history as the first female president of the club, and ushering in a new era of openness Anisette Sauvineau was President The Club decided to sponsor a fund-raising campaign to buy mobile defibrillators for Granby s 4 ambulances, since public funds would not cover these expenses. Total funds raised top $50,000, allowing the Club to provide the 4 machines required plus spare parts and supplies. Dozens of lives were saved in the 10 years these units were in service, and now this type of equipment is standard in ambulances Marcel Maheu was President Yvan Jacob was President Richard Carleton was President The Club sponsored a community garden program, literally providing Seed Money to get it going. Today, this garden still exists, supported by the City of Granby and self-sufficient, providing garden space for over 100 underprivileged families Michael Drolet was President, and the Club celebrated its 60 th anniversary with a Gala Evening at the Hôtel Le Castel on August 27 th Officers and Directors included: Richard Carleton, William (Bill) Turnbull, Art Bureau, Isabelle Cyr, Yolande Chabot, Karl Delorme, John Douesnard, Myron Dunn, Paul Girard and Marcel Maheu The Club increased its scholarship program, providing Scholarships to 6 local schools: JH Leclerc Séminaire du Verbe Divin Mont Sacré-Coeur Massey-Vanier High School

7 Massey-Vanier Adult Learning Centre Parkview Elementary School Club Membership reached 25 by the end of the year William (Bill) Turnbull was President, for another record, this time his fifth term at the head of the club Art Bureau, returned form a period of living in Ontario, was President for the second time David Wright was President Isabelle Cyr was President, only the second woman to hold the post in the club s history, and by far the youngest at 28 years of age! The club started a Christmas Card Campaign, where local children entered a contest with Christmas drawings; the best 6 were chosen to adorn the cards, and the cards were then sold in packs of 10 to the population. All profits were then used to fund projects in two schools serving underprivileged children Danny Lamoureux was President The Club had one of its most visible years with Danny at the helm, with participation in many high profile events like the Défi des têtes râsées, which raised money for cancer research by having people donate in order to have a friend or celebrity shave their head The club supported a major project with the local community college (CEGEP), helping to create the first Autism rest service allowing parents to drop off their autistic child with Community College students studying Autism treatment, so as to have some free time for adult activities Help was given to many organisations, including Partage Notre Dame, la Maison des Jeunes, SOS Dépannage, etc Richard Carleton was President for the 4 th time The Club began sponsoring a School Bus Safety Awareness Day for Kindergarten students. This annual event is now supported by other clubs along with the Granby Kiwanis Club, and serves to inform young school children and their parents of the proper way of taking a school bus to avoid accidents

8 Patrick St-Denis was President The Club s major project was continued sponsorship of the Autism project at the Granby CEGEP. Set up with an initial donation of $5000 (over 2 years) from the Club, it blossomed into a full Autism Centre at the local Community College. With the help of the Club and two members in particular, PP. Danny Lamoureux and PP. Richard Carleton, the project received funding from the Ronald McDonald Foundation to set up a stimulation room to aid in Autism treatment and in training college students in the treatment of the disease By the end of the year, with President Patrick limited in his ability to run the club by his purchase of a new business and the upcoming birth of twins, the Club nearly folded At a meeting to discuss the future of the Club, Michael Drolet volunteers to take on the Presidency to rebuild the Club. Active members at that time: 8 out of a roster of Michael Drolet was President, for the 2 nd time Began club rebuilding, with renewed meetings, Club structure, etc. The Club advertises in local media that it has funds to give, in order to build recognition and bring in new people; several projects proposed, some accepted and executed The Club finished its commitment to the Autism Project with another 2500$ donation Donation made to the Granby Hospital for 2000$, to buy equipment specifically for young children The Club continued its scholarship program, now providing Scholarships to a 7 th school, «Présentation de Marie» Fund raisers included Brome Fair Donuts & Coffee using the Club trailer, Shriners Rodeo Donuts & Coffee, Townshippers Day Donuts & Coffee Michael Drolet was President for a second year (3 rd time total), in order to continue rebuilding; active membership stands at 12 Life Member and two-time Past President Harvey Lawrence passes away The Club continued to provide funds to the Granby Hospital to buy specific equipment New project started to support the «Association de la Colonie de Vacances de Granby», which sends underprivileged children to summer camps. New member Michel Iannantuono, President of this program, spearheads two new fundraisers: the Hot Dog Don at Metro Hauteville, which raised over 3000$, and the «Soirée Moules-Frites, a supper that raises over 5000$ for the Summer Camps Funds given to a project to provide security blankets to children in foster homes 1000$ given to fund playground equipment for handicapped children at a special needs school in Granby 1000$ given to the local CLSC to fund toys and games for the waiting room of the Children s Psychology Unit Halloween activity restarted: Popcorn at JC Drolet s house! Fund raisers included Brome Fair Donuts & Coffee using the Club trailer, Townshippers Day Donuts & Coffee Yolande Chabot agrees to become president for the second time, for the 2009 year

9 Yolande Chabot was President for the 2 nd time, only the third time in club history that a woman is President The club continues its support of the Association de la Colonie de Vacances de Granby: Hot Dog Don Metro Hauteville, end of June Colonie Golf Tournament in August, in Bromont Soirée Moules-Frites in October Yolande Chabot was President a second year (3 rd time total), as the club adopts a 2-year president s schedule to allow for better building and continuity 70 th anniversary was celebrated with an Interclub evening in October The club continues its support of the Association de la Colonie de Vacances de Granby: Hot Dog Don Metro Hauteville, end of June Colonie Golf Tournament in August, in Bromont Soirée Moules-Frites in October Halloween popcorn at JC Drolet s house done again Granby Hospital Christmas Party continues for another year The Club support district HIV elimination project for Caribbean countries, gives 600$ Fund raisers included Brome Fair Donuts & Coffee using the Club trailer, Townshippers Day Donuts & Coffee Petit Coeur au Chaud (doudous), QSB Church Camps, Granby Autisme project, continue to be supported Michael John Bath was president for the first time, and new member Eleanor Bath, Michael s wife, joins and takes on secretary position in her first year with the club The club continues its support of the Association de la Colonie de Vacances de Granby: Hot Dog Don Metro Hauteville, end of June Colonie Golf Tournament in August, in Bromont Soirée Moules-Frites in October Spring Brunch revived, raising over 500$ Halloween popcorn at JC Drolet s house done again Michael John Bath was president for a second year (2 nd total) The club continues its support of the Association de la Colonie de Vacances de Granby: Hot Dog Don Metro Hauteville, end of June Colonie Golf Tournament in August, in Bromont Soirée Moules-Frites in October Halloween popcorn at JC Drolet s house done again Spring Brunch held again, raising another amount over 500$

10 Michel Iannantuono becomes president for the first time New members include Jean-Marie St-Onge, who becomes Treasurer The club continues its support of the Association de la Colonie de Vacances de Granby: Hot Dog Don Metro Hauteville, end of June Colonie Golf Tournament in August, in Bromont Soirée Moules-Frites in October Kiwanis Granby website begun, but with little success Halloween popcorn at JC Drolet s house done again First Club Bowl-o-Thon held in Granby Spring Brunch held again in April, raising almost 1000$ The Club participates in «Le Grand Tour Kiwanis», a cyclo-tour of Lac St-Jean to raise funds for various projects. Secretary Michael Drolet leads a team of 5 in completing the ride, sponsored by local provincial deputy François Bonnardel